The Opéra de Dijon has announced its 2026-27 season.

Opera

David Ireland, Marine Chagnon, Krzysztof Lachman, Mikhail Timoshenko, and Valerio Morelli lead Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.” Nil Venditti conducts the production by Mirabelle Ordinaire.

Performance Dates: Nov. 4-10, 2026

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Eugénie Joneau leads Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Tadeusz Szlenkier, Elisabeth Boudreault, Polly Leech, and James Newby.

Performance Dates: Feb. 7 & 9, 2027

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“The Carmen Case” will be presented with Anne-Lise Polchlopek, François Rougier, René Ramos Premier, Angèle Chemin, and Xavier de Lignerolles.

Performance Date: March 15, 2027

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Cavalli’s “Ercole amante” will star Milan Siljanov, Mariana Flores, Solenn’ Lavanant , Ana Vieira Leite, Luigi Morassi, Maud Bessard-Morandas, Sophie Junker, Staffan Liljas, Logan Lopez Gonzalez, and Marcel Beekman. Leonardo García-Alarcón conducts the production by Raphaëlle Boitel.

Performance Date: May 11-14, 2027

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The final opera of the season is Rameau’s “Les Indes Galantes” with Mélissa Petit, Ambroisine Bré, Petr Nekoranec, and Lysandre Châlon. Christophe Rousset conducts.

Performance Date: May 20, 2027

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Concerts 

Jean-François Verdier and Soprano Yun Jung Choi join the Chœur de l’Opéra de Dijon for evening.

Performance Date: Dec. 22, 2026

Enrique Mazzola conducts the Orchestre National de France in Broadway hits with Emily Richter, Katherine Beck, Daniel Luis Espinal, and Finn Sagal.

Performance Date: Jan. 7, 2027

Kristiina Poska conducts soloists Beth Taylor and Matthew Cairns in Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.”

Performance Date: Jan. 10, 2027

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Stéphane Fuget conducts a program of works by Mozart, Schubert, and Beethoven with soloists Marie Perbost, Isabelle Druet, Juan Sancho Martínez de Carvajal, and Luc Bertin-Hugault.

Performance Date: Jan. 19, 2027

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Joseph Bastian and Isabelle Druet team up for music by Berlioz, Bertin, Haydn and Mendelssohn.

Performance Date: Feb. 13, 2027

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Thibaut Louppe and Anass Isma lead a program titled “Messa.”

Performance Date: March 9, 2027

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Roland Hayrabedian  concerts a choral concert.

Performance Date: June 12, 2027

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Musical Theater

Landi’s “La Morte d’Orfeo” will star Valerio Contaldo, Capucine Keller, Renaud Delaigue, Jaromír Nosek, Dagmar Šašková, Madeleine Bazola-Minori, Fanny Lustaud, Paulin Bündgen, Vincent Bouchot, and François-Nicolas Geslot.

Performance Date: Sept. 24, 2026

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Hugh Cutting lead Handel’s “Riccardo Primo” with Mélissa Petit, Juliette Mey, Andreas Wolf, Paul Figuier, and Alex Rosen.

Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2026

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Sol García, Diego Valentín Flores, and Sebastián Rossi lead Piazzolla’s “Maria de Buenos Aires.” William Sabatier conducts.

Performance Date: Nov. 18, 2026

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Gasparini’s “L’Avare” will star Eva Zaïcik, Victor Sicard, Serge Goubioud, and Stefano Amori.

Performance Date: March 3 & 4, 2027